[NTLK] Newton Fax Modem PCMCIA Card for sale?

[Victor Rehorst]

Found a photo of the back of one on the 'gram: 
https://www.instagram.com/furui_ringo/p/CI1ctLGARI7/?img_index=3

Looked up the FCC part 15 ID number, which is F2M4NGMHZAN124F. The only 
interesting information from the FCC is that the application for 
authorization was filed on Dec 3, 1993 and granted a few months later.

The F2M prefix is assigned to U.S. Robotics.  So it looks to be a 
third-party card made by USR, but Apple branded.

Funny enough, if you parse the ID number and make some inferences, and 
squint your eyes in just the right way, you can just about decode the 
numbering scheme as:

  * F2M - US Robotics grantee code
  * 4NG - ???
  * MHZ - abbreviation for Megahertz, a division of U.S. Robotics, IIRC
  * AN1 - Apple Newton, first product?
  * 24 - data speed was 2400bps
  * F - supports fax


On 2024-07-08 12:56, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk wrote:
>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 3:47 PM, Patrick Ketelaar via NewtonTalk<newtontalk at newtontalk.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any Newton PCMCIA Fax Modem Cards for sale?
>>
>> Modem Card Assembly, PCMCIA 661-1745
>>
>> Trying to re-create my old setup.
> I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen one of these in person.
>
> Does anyone know if this was an Apple-branded modem card?
>
> Or was it a third-party card with an Apple product number?
>
> Grant
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